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Enter an Alien Invasion in Ellen Allien’s Hypnotic New Track “Not Alone”

Find it on her ‘Landing XX’ EP, out today on BPitch Control.
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As the popular and recently rebooted television sci-fi series X-Files tells us, "The truth is out there"—we are not alone.

Today, German DJ, producer, and BPitch Control label-head Ellen Allien is releasing her latest EP, Landing XX, which sounds like it could be a code name for an extremely covert government operation regarding extraterrestrial life. One of the record's tracks, "Not Alone," sounds like the beginnings of an alien invasion, its adrenaline-filled beat surging through the first half of its eight-minute duration like a human on the run amid swelling sirens and a looming vocal repeating, "We are not alone." A highlight of the techno track is its eerie breakdown, a calm in the storm before it gradually clangs its way back into the rush of chaos.

Speaking to THUMP over email, Allien says, "Before I started my festival season this year, I went to the studio in Berlin to record some special tracks for my sets. These two tracks are the ones I played the most, and so they became the soundtrack of my summer. They are as hypnotic and freaky as my DJ sets are. I used some of my favorite instruments, the 303, the 909 and the Minimoog to create two tracks full of murky, distorted vocals, strange breaks and pure drastic emotion in beat form. This record is my definition of the Allien sound."

Listen to Ellen Allien's "Not Alone" below. Landing XX is out now—buy it here.

As the popular and recently rebooted television sci-fi series X-Files tells us, "The truth is out there"—we are not alone.

Today, German DJ, producer, and BPitch Control label-head Ellen Allien is releasing her latest EP, Landing XX, which sounds like it could be a code name for an extremely covert government operation regarding extraterrestrial life. One of the record's tracks, "Not Alone," sounds like the beginnings of an alien invasion, its adrenaline-filled beat surging through the first half of its eight-minute duration like a human on the run amid swelling sirens and a looming vocal repeating, "We are not alone." A highlight of the techno track is its eerie breakdown, a calm in the storm before it gradually clangs its way back into the rush of chaos.

Speaking to THUMP over email, Allien says, "Before I started my festival season this year, I went to the studio in Berlin to record some special tracks for my sets. These two tracks are the ones I played the most, and so they became the soundtrack of my summer. They are as hypnotic and freaky as my DJ sets are. I used some of my favorite instruments, the 303, the 909 and the Minimoog to create two tracks full of murky, distorted vocals, strange breaks and pure drastic emotion in beat form. This record is my definition of the Allien sound."

Listen to Ellen Allien's "Not Alone" below. Landing XX is out now—buy it here.